Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Dear List members, Namaste ! I am perplexed by the usage of the term "lower nature of Brahman". It is used synonymously with PRakriti or Cosmic energy. I have seen it in Swami Chinmayananda's commentary on Gita, in Shri Sadananda's Advaita manjari and in Prof VK's article(s). I cannot reconcile it with "satyam, jnanam, anantam". I was also surprised that this was never raised in the long discussion on "Ajativada/Vivartavada" so I think I am missing something basic. Can somebody please point me to an article/commentary/book/scripture where this is discussed or refuted ? Hari OM ! Shailendra Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail./mail_250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Dear Shailendra-ji, advaitin, Shailendra Bhatnagar <bhatnagar_shailendra> wrote: > Dear List members, Namaste ! I am perplexed by the > usage of the term "lower nature of Brahman". It is > used synonymously with PRakriti or Cosmic energy. I > have seen it in Swami Chinmayananda's commentary on > Gita, in Shri Sadananda's Advaita manjari and in Prof > VK's article(s). I cannot reconcile it with "satyam, > jnanam, anantam". I was also surprised that this was > never raised in the long discussion on > "Ajativada/Vivartavada" so I think I am missing > something basic. Can somebody please point me to an > article/commentary/book/scripture where this is > discussed or refuted ? The topic of the 'lower nature of Brahman' or 'apara Prakriti' would come up in the discussion on adhyaropa and apavada that is to follow. Warm regards, Chittaranjan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 praNAm Shailendra prabhuji Hare Krishna SB prabhuji: Dear List members, Namaste ! I am perplexed by the usage of the term "lower nature of Brahman". It is used synonymously with PRakriti or Cosmic energy. bhaskar : shruti itself deals with lower & higher nature of parabrahman while describing praNava in prashnOpanishad. That which has been described as manOmaya, bhArUpa, with attributes & as Ishvara etc. is apara brahman & that which has been explained as astUla, anaNu, achintyaM is the higher nature of nirguNa, nirvishEsha parabrahman. Whereas prakruti has been explained as *mAya* in shankara siddhAnta based on shruti vAkya *mAyAntu prakrutimvidyAm mAyinantu mahEshwaraM* (shvEtAshvatara upanishad). SB prabhuji: I have seen it in Swami Chinmayananda's commentary on Gita, in Shri Sadananda's Advaita manjari and in Prof VK's article(s). I cannot reconcile it with "satyam, jnanam, anantam". bhaskar : Kindly refer shankara's taitirIya upanishat bhAshya wherein shankara elaborately comments on shruti vAkya *satyaM jnAnaM ananthaM brahma*. SB prabhuji: I was also surprised that this was never raised in the long discussion on "Ajativada/Vivartavada" so I think I am missing something basic. Can somebody please point me to an article/commentary/book/scripture where this is discussed or refuted ? bhaskar : Kindly study shankara's commentary on prashnOpanishad & sUtra bhAshya on *janmAdasyayathA* (second sUtra in first adhikaraNa). In short advaita does not have any problem with saguNa or apara brahman as this is meant for manda & madhyama adhikAri-s who cannot rise to the highest level of understanding / realizing nirguNa nirvishEsha brahman. Hari Hari Hari Bol!!! bhaskar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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